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On 13th March, Africa will be celebrating the role of Scouting in educating Africa's youth. The theme of this event will be: “Our Africa, Our Environment: Scouts Care”. For more information on how you can take part, please download a kit attached to...

Scouts around the world marked the Founder's Day on Sunday 22nd February, 2009. Over 8,000 Scouts turned out at the Kabiruini showground in Nyeri district to mark the event. The theme of this year's occasion was “Breaking Barriers.” In his speech...

Scouting is known for innovations. We have had indabas, jamborees, camporees and agoonorees. There is now a new trend of Scout schools and it will perhaps warrant some nomenclature from a special Scout task force. What would you call a Scout school...

NAIROBI, 18 February 2009. At the Carnivore Restaurant, H.E. Vice-President of the Republic of Kenya, Kalonzo Musyoka, who is also the Chief Commissioner of the Kenya Scouts Association (KSA), officially launched the work of the Moot Organizing...

NAIROBI - Mr Adam Baden-Clay and his wife Nicole have been in Kenya for the past 10 months, on various missions. They for the first time visited the last resting place of their great grandparents—Robert Baden Powell and his wife Olave — in Nyeri...

13th March is a day that was set aside by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, OAU – a predecessor of the African Union (AU) – during its 62nd Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia on 21st – 23rd June 1995. This was in...

DOUALA – The Association Les Scouts du Cameroun will conduct two parallel training courses: an ALT (Assistant Leader Trainer) and an LT (Leader Trainer) in Douala (economic capital of the country) from Sunday, March 29 to Saturday, April 4, 2009...

African NSOs are invited by the Korea Scout Association and the Asia-Pacific Regional Office to an exchange programme that will roll out in March 2009. The venue of the programme is Suncheon Asia-Pacific Scout Centre, Korea's ecological capital. For...

NAIROBI - The World Scout Bureau, Africa Regional Office (ARO) team held a special meeting in Nairobi from 21 to 29 January, 2009. This forum was chaired by the Acting Regional Director (ARD), Winston Adams. In attendance was the Geneva-based, Anne...

BANJUL - A Gambia Scout Project, based in The Gambia, has received a prestigious award for its Entrepreneurial education programmes in Africa. The Point Newspaper of 23 january 2009, has confirmed this. The projects are run by a UK based education...

ANTANANARIVO - A team national commissioners of Tily Eto Madagasikara, in Madagascar, led by its Chief Commissioner, NY Hasina Rakotondrajao, conducted a christmas charity activity on Saturday 27 December 2008 at the Centre Olom-Baovao Hospice et...

CONAKRY - The Scouts of l' Association Nationale des Scouts de Guinée were honored during the celebrations of the 50 years of independence of the country. This was on 28 September 2008. At a ceremony attended by several delegations and Heads of...